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Midrash and exegesis – distant neighbours?
Nordisk Judaistik, 1999 The term Midrash should be reserved for the specific quotation literature of the rabbinic sources of classical Judaism. Decisive is its literary form: the combination of rabbinic statement and biblical quotation. All other rabbinic and non-rabbinic texts
Albert van der Heide
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Nordisk Judaistik, 2003 This article conceives of mystical midrash as the act of interpreting the details of a Torah verse with the purpose of entering a meditative or ecstatic state of union with God, in which the mystic by drawing down God’s insights can explain how the Torah
Marianne Schleicher
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Fan fiction and midrash: Making meaning
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2014 Just as Jews interpret Torah through midrash (exegetical stories that explore and explain the text), fans interpret contemporary source texts through fan fiction, which functions just as midrash does to sustain community and enable members of that ...
Rachel Barenblat
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Yod, 2010 The theme of the fight against Amaleq occupies an important place in the rabbinic literature and it is not surprising that the Zohar should further develop it.
Roland Goetschel
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 1270-1289, December 2022., 2022 Abstract ‘Insight’ or vipassanā meditation refers to meditative practices employed within Buddhist traditions. But following the secularization of vipassanā in recent decades – that is, its differentiation from Buddhism – orthodox Jewish Israeli meditators frame it as a religiously neutral, therapeutic technique centred on the mundane human body.
Ori Mautner
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Ben Sorer U’moreh: Mishnah or Midrash? That Is The Question
, 2023 What differentiates Midrash from Mishnah? In Midrash, usually a verse is referenced and is interpreted to teach us something, while in Mishnah the rules that we are supposed to follow are debated by the Tannaim and plainly stated.
Brunnlehrman , Joshua
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Nordisk Judaistik, 2021 Early followers of Jesus and later rabbinical Jews, two divergent branches of Judaism emerging respectively from the Second Temple and Post-Second Temple eras, both drew upon the cultural memory of Sinai to establish their identity. This article examines
Theresa Haynes
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Jewish Theology and its Sources: A Review Essay
, 2023 Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 327-331, April 2023.
Devorah Schoenfeld
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Midrash as exegetical approach of early Jewish exegesis, with some examples from the Book of Ruth
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2010 This article deals with the exegetical approach of the early Jewish school. It discusses the meaning and definition of midrash as a distinctive approach in Jewish interpretation. The relationship between midrash and exegesis is also examined. It is shown
Man Ki Chan, Pieter M. Venter
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Decimal Diaspora: Ten Exiles and a Medieval Construction of Jewish History
Hamsa, 2022 The present article reviews religious constructions of Jewish diaspora History in their long-term evolution and discusses a midrashic text that hints at a historical turning-point in the 12th century.
Carsten L. Wilke
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